Flying target



(No Model.)

0. P. STOCK.

I FLYING TARGET. No. 299,292. Patented May 27, 1884..

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NITED TATES CHARLES F. STOCK, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

FLYING TARGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,292, dated May 27, 188% Application filed February 1, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. S'rooK, of Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flying Targets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of flying targets known as clay pigeons, and it con sists in providing the target with a separate re-enforcement of paper, leather, wood, or other suitable material applied to the edge or flange of the target, so that the target may be made very thin and fragile, and yet be thrown from the trap without breaking.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

' which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a clay pigeon having my invention applied thereto, on the line a, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 shows a modified form of the re-enforcement.

The main portion A of the target may be of the ordinary or of any approved form, and made of clay, glass, or any fragile material.

To the edge or rim B of the main body A of the target, and preferably upon the inside, I secure, by means of glue or otherwise, the reenforcing strip 0, which may be made of paper, wood, leather, or any other suitable material. I11 the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the re-enforcement G is made in the form of a complete ring, re-enforcing the rim or flange B at all points, while in Fig. 3 the re-enforcement is but a short piece or section of aring, where applied re-enforcing only a small portion of the flange or rim B, and this latter form is the preferred form on account of cheapness; but the complete ring form is the most convenient, since no attention has to be paid in putting the target in or attaching it to the trap to be thrown.

(No model.)

It will be understood that these targets are 5 especially designed for that class of traps that throw the target by its flange, and with this class of traps, if the flange of the target is not of considerable strength, it is liable to be broken in throwing, and if the flange is made of sufficient strength by increasing the thickness of the flange at any part, the irregular shape consequent thereon adds greatly to the expense of the target, and if theflange is made sufficiently thick throughout to furnish the required strength, the target is not sufficiently fragile to be broken when struck' by the shot.

By my invention I am enabled to make the target of uniform thickness throughout, and very thin and fragile, the re-enforcement fur- 6o nishing the required strength for throwing the target by its rim or flange.

I am aware that a fragile target provided with a slotted flange has been heretofore c011- structed, said slot being for the purpose of allowing a detachable tongue to be passed therethrough, this tongue being provided with branches to bear against the flange on either side of the slot; and I do not desire to claim any such construction as of my invention.-

Having thus described my invention, I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of the fragile target A, formed with an imperforate flange, B, with an irrefragable re-enforcing strip firmly secured to the said flange, whereby the flange will be strengthened at that part to be grasped by the fingers of the target-throwing arm, substantially as set forth.

2. The fragile target A,formed with a flange, B, and a separate re-enforcing strip, 0, extending around the inner periphery of said flange, and formed of an irrefragable material.

CHAS. F. STOCK.

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H. A. WEsrr, O. SEDGWIOK. 

